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Cat's Cradle

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Cat?s Cradle
is Kurt Vonnegut?s satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet?s ultimate fate, it features a midget as the protagonist, a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer, and a vision of the future that is at once blackly fatalistic and hilariously funny. A book that left an indelible mark on an entire generation of readers, Cat?s Cradle is one of the tw...

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